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GARMENT Filed July 23, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEY epm, w49. G.ROSENFIELD 2,48l35 GARMENT Filed July 23, ),947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 6, 1949 GARMEN T George Roseneld, Elizabeth, N.J.

Application July 23, 1947, Serial4No.763,043

This invention relatesV to undergarments for women, and moreparticularly, to a garment section adapted to be readily secured to orremoved from undergarments.

Objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the descriptionbelow and from the accompanying drawings.

The drawings illustrate certain practical embodiments of the inventionby way of example; it will be understood that the invention may embodyother forms within the scope and purview of my invention as set forth inthe appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pad support for use in connectionwith the garment section embodying the invention,

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the flexible garment closure sheetembodying the invention,

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the lower portion of agarment to which the garment section of the invention may be removablysecured,

Figure 6 is a similar view of the lower portion of a garment to whichthe garment section of the invention is stitched or otherwise secured,and

Figure 'I is a fragmentary View taken on line 'I-'I of Figure 6, withparts separated for the purpose of illustration.

The garment section of my invention comprises a flexible garment closuresheet Ill, which may be also termed a base sheet and which closes thelower portion of a garment I5 by being sewed or otherwise securedthereto, as at IB in Figure 6, or by being removably secured to thelower portion of garment I5 by fastener units I'I, II' (Figures 2 and 5)or by similar expedient; secondly, the garment section comprises a padsupport sheet I8 which may be removably secured to the base sheet I0, asby complementary fastener units I4, I4 (Figures 1 and 2).

As shown in the drawings, illustrating certain practical embodiments ofthe invention, the flexible garment closure or base sheet I ispreferably made of open mesh or like material which will readily flexand closes the lower end of the undergarment (I or I5). The sheet I0 isprovided with longitudinally reenforced edges I I and transverselyreenforced edges I2 marginally, so as to be, preferably, continuouslyreenforced marzclaima (c1. 12s- 283) ginally. Strips I3 of material aresewed or other- 55 wise secured to the sheet I0 at the corners thereof,fastener units I4 being secured directly to the sheet and/or the stripsI3 (see Figure 4) The pad support I8 is flexible but is preferably madeof a heavier material than the sheet I0 and is also preferablymoisture-proof. It has longitudinally and transversely reenforcedmarginal edges (I9, 20). One or more flexible bands 2l, 2 I are securedto the pad support I8 at the transverse ends thereof. The bands 2I, 2lare secured at their ends to the pad support sheet I8 so that the medialportions are free, while the end portions of the bands are sewed orotherwise rigidly secured as at 22, 22' to the corners of the supportI8. As will be evident from the showings of Figs. l and 3, the length ofeach band 2|, 2| is less than the distance between the opposite sideedges I9, I9 of pad support I8, thus providing a space between the topsurface of the sheet and the undersurface of each of said bands.

Fastener units 24 are secured to the medial portions 23, 23' of thebands 2I, 2l for engagement with complementary fastener units 24 onhygiene pad member 26.

From the foregoing it will be noted that the base sheet I0 may beremovably secured to the lower portion of the undergarment as shown inFigures 2 and 5, or may be sewed or otherwise secured thereto asindicated at I6, Figure 6, and serves to close said lower portion of theundergarment. The pad support sheet I8 is removably secured to the basesheet Ill by fastener units I4, I4 or the like on sheets ID, I8 and thehygiene member 26 is flexibly and removably supported medially of thebands 2|, 2| on the support I8 and thereby held on the support I8 in amanner which provides a maximum of flexibility and support and avoidsdiscomfort to the wearer. It will be noted that fastener units 24 oneach band at the unattached medial portions thereof engage thecomplementary fastener means 24 on the top surface of the hygiene pad 26near opposite ends of said pad to secure said pad to the medial portionsof the flexible bands with the ends of the pad within the space betweenthe top surface of the sheet I8 and the undersurface of said bands.Hence, the hygiene pad is flexibly suspended from the bands and is freeto partake of substantial sidewise and endwise movement with respect tothe support sheet I8.

I am aware of other expedients proposed to attain the objectives of theinstant invention, exemplifled in patents issued in this art. None ofthe prior devices show a structure embodying the novel structuralfeatures of the device of my other, each of said bands having itsopposite ends secured to opposite side edges of said sheet with theportions between said ends unattached to said sheet, the length of eachband being I'ess than the distance between said opposite sidev edges ofsaid sheet to which the ends of each band are attached, to provide aspace between the top sui'-y face of the sheet and the undersurface ofeach of said bands; and fastener meansv oneachband at'the unattached,medial portion thereof engageable with complementary fastener means onthe top surface of a hygiene pad member near opposite ends thereof tosecure said member to the medial portions of said bands with the ends ofthe pad member Within the spaces between the top surface of said sheetand the undersurface of said bands, said bands flexibly suspending saidpad member to permit substantial movement of the same with respect tosaid support sheet.

2. A substantially rectangular pad support sheet as dened' in claim 1wherein vsaid sheet is provided with fastener means engage'able withcomplementary fastener means on said undergarment to secure said sheetto said undergarment.

GEORGE ROSENFIELD.

' REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Alsopv Oct. 8, 1935Number

